re: Normandy- Omaha Beach question

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The allies invade Normandy and Hitler holds his troops until it's too late.
Imagine if the Germans were really ready for us. I don't think the we make it...

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Gen Rommel knew the Allies were going to invade at Normandy but Hitler overrode him and sent the bulk of his troops futher up north to Calais. When word of the invasion at Normandy came to Hitler, he thought it was a diversionary tactic by the Allies and he kept the bulk of his troops at Calais. It took about 72 hrs for Hitler to realize the real invasion was at Normandy but it was too late. The Allies got a foothold into France.

And yes a lot of was due to Gen Patton being as a decoy to make Hitler think the Allies were going to invade at Calias.

The Allies used movie sets to fool Hitler and the Nazi's into thinking the invasion was going to take place further north. The Allies used fake jeeps, tanks, artillery and other things to fool the Nazi's.

If Hitler would have listened to Gen Rommel, the Allied invasion would have been thrown back into the sea and the outcome of the war could have dragged on for several more years.

If that would have happpened, the Nazi's may have had enough time to fully develop the jet fighter and other weapons they were developing. If the Nazi's had a fully developed jet air force, the Allied air force would have been decimated.

The whole makeup of the world could have been drasically different today.